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freely. Seed may be sown out of doors where the 

 plants are to bloom, choosing for preference poor 

 ground, otherwise the plants will grow freely enough, 

 but blooms will be scarce." 



The French marigold is deep yellow, orange, or 

 pale yellow striped or marked with brown, and 

 crinkled. It grows from twelve to fifteen inches 

 high. "The Gentleman's Labyrinth" gives quaint 

 instructions for the growth of the Marigold : 



"The seeds of this flower are commonly bestowed 

 in a husbandly and well-dressed earth, but this 

 rather done by the counsel of the skilful in the in- 

 crease of the Moon, whereby the flowers may grow 

 the bigger and broader. But to procure the flowers 

 to grow the doubler, bigger and broader the owner 

 ought to remove the plants and set them in new 

 beds, lying in sunny places herein considering at 

 those times of removing that the Moon be increasing 

 so nigh as you can. These, after certain leaves 

 spring up, if they be often removed and clipped by 

 the course of the Moon, yield a better, broader and 

 fairer flower, and they yield always more flowers in 

 the harvest than in the spring time." 



MARJORAM is a branching plant with flowers 

 in clusters, purplish pink. Propagate by seed and 

 division in early spring in any garden soil. Sweet 



